Upcoming Class: Building Better SSIS Packages in Pensacola
I’ll be teaching my popular day-long course, Building Better SSIS Packages, on Thursday, June 1 in Pensacola, Florida. This class...
2017-01-17
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Blog Posts
Upcoming SQL Server Events from PASS
There are many ways to reap benefits from being a member of the PASS Global Community. Today, as I write...
2017-01-17 (first published: 2017-01-14)
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Looking at wait stats differently with SQL 2016
Wait statistics is a great place to start looking into performance issues. Normally people would issue commands/queries based on sys.dm_os_wait_stats...
2017-01-16
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Monday Coffee 2017-01-16
I’ve been a scribbler for as long as I can remember, in fact I’m not sure that I write everything...
2017-01-16
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Monday Morning SQL Break – January 16, 2017
It’s Monday and time, finally, for a weekly blog and twitter round-up for last week. It’s been a while since...
2017-01-16
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Monday Morning SQL Break – January 16, 2017
It’s Monday and time, finally, for a weekly blog and twitter round-up for last week. It’s been a while since I’ve published this summary post, but hey that’s what life...
2017-01-16
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Reminder: Extending DevOps Practices to SQL Server Databases with Redgate
I’m hosting a new webinar on the DLM tools from Redgate Software and database DevOps. Tomorrow, Tues, Jan 17, at...
2017-01-16
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SQL Saturday Chicago Precon – Updated
UPDATE: The SQL Saturday in Chicago this year has hit peak capacity two months before the event! However, if you enroll...
2017-01-16
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The Top 20 SQL Toolbelt Tips
Redgate produces some great software, and I’m glad that I get to use all of them as a developer and...
2017-01-16
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What is ETL?
In my ongoing series on ETL Best Practices, I am illustrating a collection of extract-transform-load design patterns that have proven...
2017-01-16 (first published: 2017-01-06)
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Blogs
Claude AI Convinced Me Not to Build an iPad App
By Steve Jones
I coach volleyball and I do a lot of stat stuff on paper. I...
A New Word: Dolorblindness
By Steve Jones
dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
Claude Code Helps Analyze Test Data Manager Log Files
By Steve Jones
I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
Forums
Data Warehouse Toolkit meets Star Schema: The Complete Reference
Is there a good syllabus for reading these two together? (Yes, it's called the...
GPX distance and time analysis in SQL Server
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The DBA is Dead; Long Live the DBA
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Question of the Day
Changing the AG Listener
In SQL Server 2025, if I want to remove an IP from a listener, what do I do?
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